i've been blogging consistently for 15 days !
Hope you've found this entertaining...mildly ?
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Maths is a universal language.
No doubt.
But, still there are different symbols used for the same function/effect.
Today's puzzle is a good example.
In S'pore, we would read it commonly as 0.0666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666...
Ok, well you get it.
The digit 6 recurrs endlessly... like crazy (that's why we call such numbers irrational.)
So, what's the mystery number, whose reciprocal is approximately 0.0667 (3 sig. fig.)
15. I used calculator.com is it correct?
ReplyDeletelet ? = x
ReplyDeletex^(-1) = 0.0667
1/x = 0.0667
0.0667x = 1
x= 1/0.0667
= 14.992
= 15(3sf)